Last week, we took some friends to a newrestaurant, andnoticedthatthe waiter who took our order carried a spoon inhisshirtpocket.It seemed a little strange. When thebusboybrought our water and utensils, I observed thathealso hada spoon in his shirt pocket.Then I looked around and saw that allthestaffhad spoons in their pockets. When the waiter camebacktoserve our soup I inquired, 'Why thespoon?''Well, 'he explained, 'therestaurant's owner hired a consulting firm torevampall of our processes. After several months ofanalysis, theyconcluded that the spoon was the most frequently droppedutensil. It represents a drop frequency ofapproximately 3spoons per table per hour.If our personnel are better prepared, wecanreduce the number of trips back to the kitchenandsave 15man-hours per shift.'As luck would have it, I dropped myspoon andhereplaced it with his spare. 'I'll getanotherspoonnext time I go to the kitchen instead of makingan extratrip to get it right now.' I was impressed.I also noticed that there was a stringhanging outof the waiter's fly.Looking around, I saw that all of thewaitershadthe same string hanging from their flies. So,beforehewalked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me,butcan youtell me why you have that string rightthere?''Oh, certainly!' Then he loweredhisvoice. 'Not everyone is so observant. Thatconsultingfirm I mentioned also learned that we can savetime in the restroom.By tying this string to the tip of ouryou-know-what, we can pull it out withouttouching it andeliminate the need to wash our hands, shorteningthe timespent in the restroom by 76.39%.I asked quietly, 'After you getit out, how do you put it back?''Well,' he whispered, 'I don'tknow about the others, but I use the spoon.'

More stale false information. I have seen this for years and checked it out on Snopes on it many years ago. It is not true. Andersen Consulting has been out of business for several years. They were heavily involved with Enron which led to its demise.

Maybe it is supposed to be joke. Perhaps the idea that somebody would post this thinking it is funny, is what is funny.

StraddleMyNose

Mar 25 @ 7:13AM

Yes, Bruce, this is suppose to be a joke. Others may not have heard this one. I thought that this joke was a little funny and gross.